Toward Data-Driven Requirements Engineering

• Published in: IEEE software Vol. 33; no. 1; pp. 48 - 54
• Main Authors: Maalej, Walid, Nayebi, Maleknaz, Johann, Timo, Ruhe, Guenther
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Alamitos IEEE 01.01.2016; IEEE Computer Society
• Subjects: app reviews; Computer programs; decision support; Digital media; Error detection; Feature extraction; Feedback; Logs; Media; Requirements analysis; Requirements engineering; Social networks; Software; software analytics; software development; Software engineering; Stakeholders; Stores; Studies; Systems development; usage data

Nowadays, users can easily submit feedback about software products in app stores, social media, or user groups. Moreover, software vendors are collecting massive amounts of implicit feedback in the form of usage data, error logs, and sensor data. These trends suggest a shift toward data-driven user-...